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The suspect in a series of attacks in DeKalb County, Georgia, is a repeat offender and a naturalized U.S. citizen from the United Kingdom, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was arrested Monday after killing two people and wounding another in what police described as a series of random attacks in the Peach State.
Abel faces two counts of murder, aggravated assault and weapons in connection with the attacks, which DHS said included the killing of an agency employee.
DHS told Fox News that Abel is a UK citizen who was naturalized as a US citizen in 2022 during the Biden administration.
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Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, faces two counts of murder, aggravated assault and weapons charges. (DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office)
One of the victims, Lauren Bullis, 40, worked in the DHS Office of Inspector General, the agency confirmed to Fox News.
She was found dead after being shot and stabbed while walking her dog on Battle Forest Drive. Witnesses reported to DeKalb police that they observed a man standing over her before fleeing the scene.
“Yesterday, a DHS employee, Lauren Bullis, was brutally shot and stabbed to death by Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old man born in the United Kingdom who was naturalized by the Biden Administration in 2022,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in a statement to Fox News on Tuesday. “Since President Trump took office, USCIS has implemented measures to ensure that people with criminal records and who lack good moral character do not obtain citizenship.”
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Lauren Bullis, 40, was one of the victims of an alleged wave of attacks in DeKalb County, Georgia. (Facebook/Lauren Bullis)
Before Bullis’ murder, police found a woman shot several times outside Checkers on Wesley Chapel Road. He later died from his injuries.
Then, in Brookhaven, a homeless man was ambushed and shot multiple times while he slept outside a shopping center on Peachtree Road. He remains in critical condition.
Adel was later detained in Troup County after authorities used license plate recognition cameras to track his silver Volkswagen Jetta, police said.
His previous criminal record listed includes an arrest last fall for sexual assault in Chatham County. He was sentenced to prison and probation, which included the requirement of a mental health evaluation.
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said a DHS employee was “brutally” shot and stabbed to death by Olaolukitan Adon Abel. (Manuel Balce CenetaAP Photo)
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“He has a criminal record that includes convictions for sexual assault, assault on a police officer, obstruction and assault with a deadly weapon, vandalism, and is now accused of murdering DHS employee Lauren Bullis by shooting and stabbing her while she was walking her dog,” Mullin said in his statement. “He has also been arrested for the murder of an unidentified woman whom he allegedly shot outside a Checkers, before randomly shooting a homeless man multiple times outside a Kroger in Brookhaven.”
“These acts of pure evil have devastated our Department and my prayers are with the families of the victims,” the secretary added.
Fox News’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.